Biographical Sketch of Samuel Burt, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Samuel Burt is a native of Scioto County, Ohio, born August 22, 1824, and is the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Swar) Burt, natives, respec- tively, of New Jersey and Ohio. The father, when a young child, moved with his parents from New Jersey to Ohio. He was a farmer, and to his marriage were born ten children, nine now living. Both parents passed their last days in the State of Ohio. Samuel is the third child. He remained with his parents until December 25, 1850, when he came to Franklin County, Mo., and here he has since continued to live, active- ly engaged in agricultural pursuits and in mining. On coming to Miss- ouri he had only $10 to his name, but is now the owner of considerable property, 160 acres of improved land in Franklin County, and 120 acres in Crawford County. He is now beginning to operate, and has excellent prospects, in a mine near his home. In 1847 he married Mary Jane Brigs a native of Scioto County, Ohio, born in 1830, and who bore him ten children, eight now living: Sarah, William, Amanda, Julia, Ellen, Henry S., Emma and Leslie. Mary F. and Clarence are deceased. In 1850 Mr. Burt went to Denver, Colo., where he worked in the gold mines, but met with very little success. He is an enterprising citizen, and a Repub- lican in his political views. Mrs. Burt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================